New Jersey's Department of Community Affairs page now frames Opportunity Zone 2.0 as a hard cut from the first map: the 2017 program included 169 tracts statewide, and Governor Mikie Sherrill may nominate 129 under the reauthorized cycle. The stakeholder recommendation period closed at 11:59 p.m. on August 28, 2026; DCA is no longer accepting recommendations and says filings already received will be reviewed with technical analysis for the governor's nomination. By Treasury's September 28, 2026 deadline, the state says it will select zones from that mix of stakeholder input and analysis. No final nominated slate is published on the DCA page yet — eligibility/cap language only. This leads on the 169→129 map compression and the Sep 28 Treasury clock, not the Aug 31 stakeholder-form-closed card.
Original reporting by Sarah Whitfield for Opportunity Zone Invest, an independent OZ 2.0 research site. Facts are drawn from the primary sources cited above per our editorial standards. Nothing here is tax, legal, or investment advice.
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